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Originally Posted by HejiraNYC
I totally call bull***** on this. It's not all equally hateful. For example, if you were walking down the sidewalk and you accidentally bumped the shoulder of the person walking in the opposite direction, and he said loudly, "watch it, you honkey!" would you be offended? Probably not. What if he said "watch it, you b*tt-f**king f@ggot pansy a$$?" I don't know about you, but that would piss me the heck off. I would quickly think about stupid thugs like him who probably make a sport of taunting gays and who has probably beaten them up too. Gays are minorities too. And we all know that Rosie can get her boxer shorts all up in a bunch when she smells something anti-gay in the air, e.g., the whole Kelly Ripa-Clay Aiken affair. "rolleyes: 
It's not all the same. |
But, it is the thought process behind it. Hate is hate in my book. But, I think people have a hard time seeing past their rearing. In other words, do you really think it is less hurtful for a poor white child to be insulted for her poverty by those of any race more fortunate than she? I think not.